And inside every turning leafIs the pattern of an older treeThe shape of our futureThe shape of all our historyAnd out of the confusionWhere the river meets the seaCame things I’d never seenThings I’d never seenI was brought to my sensesI was blind, but now that I can seeEvery signpost in natureSaid you belong to…
And you know that when the truth is toldThat you can get what you want or you can just get oldYou’re gonna kick off before you even get halfway throughWhy don’t you realize, Vienna waits for you?— Billy Joel, Vienna Today I deleted an old manuscript. The truth is, it was never going to get…
A friend asked me which five songs I would choose if I could listen to no other song but those five for the rest of my life. An impossible task, really. Beyond your wedding song, if you truly loved it, what do you choose? Hard rock? Dance music? Introspective music? Singalong songs? Jazz? Classical? Death…
If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chanceIf you got a dream, chase it, ’cause a dream won’t chase you backIf you’re gonna love somebodyHold ’em as long and as strong and as close as you can‘Til you can’t— Cody Johnson, ‘Til You Can’t In America, this week is…
Now there’s a beautiful river in the valley aheadThere ‘neath the oak’s bough soon we will be wedShould we lose each other in the shadow of the evening treesI’ll wait for youAnd should I fall behindWait for me— Bruce Springsteen, If I Should Fall Behind “The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter.” — J. K….
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings Who said that every wishWould be heard and answeredWhen wished on the morning starSomebody thought of thatAnd someone believed itAnd look what…
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondanceWith the stars up above in your eyesA fantabulous night to make romance‘Neath the cover of October skiesAnd all the leaves on the trees are fallingTo the sound of the breezes that blowYou know I’m tryin’ to please to the callingOf your heartstrings that play soft and lowYou…
This flame that burns inside of meI’m hearing secret harmoniesIt’s a kind of magic— Queen, A Kind of Magic Queen is one of those arena rock bands from my childhood that I thought I’d never see perform live. I mean, after Freddie Mercury dies, how does a band carry on at all? Yet they have,…
Don’t lose the wonder in your eyesI can see it right now when you smileWe gotta go back, for a whileGotta go back, into that magic time— Van Morrison, Magic Time I often associate Van Morrison with autumn, thanks in part to the shift in my own soundtrack from summer music to autumn music, which…
See the moon roll across the starsSee the seasons turn like a heartYour father’s days are lost to youThis is your time here to do what you will doYour life is now, your life is now, your life is nowIn this undiscovered momentLift your head up above the crowdWe could shake this worldIf you would…